February 18, 2011

Ouachita Baptist College, now Ouachita Baptist University, in Arkadelphia (Clark County) conducted its first session in the fall of 1888 and has operated continuously since that date. The school has seen considerable growth during its more than a century of operation. Much of that growth came in the 1950s and 1960s under the direction of Dr. Ralph Phelps Jr. Among the many buildings constructed during his tenure was the J. E. Berry Chapel and Bible Building shown here in this 1964 photograph.